10 Jun
2009
10 Jun
'09
1:15 p.m.
I would try taking the antenna off of the tripod for a little while. The polarization of the satellites changes constantly, and with the antenna on the tripod, it's difficult to compensate for those changes.
Excellent advice!
I think the noise you are hearing is feedback from your downlink audio getting into your uplink. One thing about full duplex is you must use headphones to keep this from happening. The good news means you were getting into the satellite! Plug in the headphones and you'll be ready to makes QSOs.
73, Drew KO4MA